Meanings
noundeathliness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or quality of being deathly.
The deathliness of Hirst’s garden paintings conveys the dire truth about Frieze.
2023 October 11, Jonathan Jones, “Frieze London art fair review – a graveyard of creativity for tasteless one percenters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Origin
- Old Englishdēaþlīcnes
- Middle Englishdethliknesse
- Englishdeathliness
From Middle English dethliknesse, from Old English dēaþlīcnes, equivalent to deathly + -ness.
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APA
deathliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deathliness
MLA
“deathliness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deathliness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deathliness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deathliness.
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